Pee Stories – Yours, Not Mine

I have to say, although I have offered advice to cats with litter box issues, I don’t really get this “inappropriate elimination” thing. I use my litter box religiously (thank Bast), as do my two roommates. All the cats my human has lived with have had good litter box habits, and there were only two exceptions in all those years: her parents had a cat that kept peeing on a plastic sweater storage box, but the moment they got him fixed, he stopped. And once, the cat before me peed on her boyfriend’s carton of guitar strings… but that was completely territorial and she only did it the one time.

You might say we are lucky here, because apparently a lot of you out there aren’t as good with your litter box habits! For fun, I posted the cover to this book and it got a load of likes and 35 shares (which is a lot for my page!):

So I gather there was quite a bit of identification going on! Now I am wondering how many of you kitties out there do pee on stuff, or know another kitty who does? Please tell me your stories in the comments below — I am really curious to know!

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I use my litter box as every other cat should but my person has to,d me stories about some of her other cats and past cats not using their boxes. She told me about her cat Mootsie who had FIV and when she was very ill, like right before she died she would pee on the floor. She also told me of another cat named Typo who had kidney failure. He didn’t use too pee on the floor up until the last few days of his life. I know a cat named Star and my owner got really mad at him because he had gotten in side a car and peed on everything. I am a good and only pee in my box though.

Unfortunatley, 9 marks areas in the living room way outside the litter box as well as using any of the 4 litter boxes at his disposal. I think there may have been an animal in this place before us and 9 is just making sure everyone knows this is his place. He never did this in the two other places we lived.

Chani and Sheamus Popoki are just fine. Although, the first morning after I brought Chani home, she had an accident in our bed on our comforter. That was the only time she peed outside the litter box.

Angel, however…she will, on occasion, pee on a rug, or in Jake’s house, or on a pile of clothes on the floor. This is mostly because of her traumatic beginnings, being in a shelter for a couple of days, losing her eye, being bullied by an older Aby in her foster home…and it’s also because of Kylie.

Kylie loves to play the litterbox ambush game. She isn’t malicious about it in any way; she does it to everyone, even humans! She hears someone in the bathroom and she lines herself up outside the door so she can jump out and attack them when they come out. She’s been doing it for 7 years, and nobody minds it, except Angel. It will really rattle Angel; she already vastly prefers one box to the other (we only have room for 2) because she feels “safer” there.

Also, if a human happens to be in the bathroom, she’ll wait til they’re out (unlike every other cat, who seem to think that they get bonus points for peeing with a person), and if they take too long and she can’t hold it, well….

We’re pretty good at catching the signs. And it’s definitely her history causing it, rather than a UTI…we’re pretty good at catching the signs of THOSE, too!

With 15 kitties at our house, we aren’t surprised that some of us will pee in inappropriate places. Memphis will pee on the floor, right outside of any litter box. And another fur will pee on the carpet right at the edge of the hallway and the bathroom door. It is indoor/outdoor carpet and easy to clean, but our mom said she needs to have it taken up and tile put down. We also have some floor poopers, too. Thank COD they do that right by the boxes so it is easy to clean.

As for the pee thing, I am a model princess. I have never, EVER, had an accident. Once, when I came home from emergency surgery to remove a 3′ piece of ribbon from my intesting (gasp!) I couldn’t make it to my box in time and I did just a little bit of #2. But those were pretty extenuating circumstances.

We all use the litter box but Carl. He prefers paper. So the mom doesn’t leave anything on the floor that could be peed on except newspaper and he happily uses that. But he ruined a lot of rugs before the compromise.

Back in the 80’s before they had things like Advantage for fleas, the mom had a dog who brought fleas into the house. The cats would have to have a flea bath occasionally. One of her cats would take a big dump right in the middle of the living room floor after every bath. The mom would sit in the living room for hours hoping she would forget, but she never did. It was like she was saying “Shit on you!” Not exactly a pee story, but . . .

*I* am a perfect gentleman regarding litterbox habits. One of the kitties who came before me was mad at the Human for delaying his walk (he went outside on a leash–like a woofie ::shudder::) so he came into the baffroom when she was, uh, occupied, turned his bum to her and PEED ON HER FEET. She was unable to give chase, and luckily for him, she began to see the irony of it. He only did it the once though 😉

Ping *pees* on a lot of stuff. He is better now but…he is a challenge. Mom has things cordoned off so he can’t *p* on them. I will not share a litter box. But I will use the pads. So Mom has pads for me which I use nearly 100% of the time. She also found I liked a little throw rug and she has a pad under that and she washes the rug every time I *amen* use it. Defeats the purpose if you ask me.

OMC! I posted about litter box issues today also! I always use the box. My cousin Fluffbomb has issues and pees all over the carpet which made him a harder to adopt cat but Auntie loves him just the same. The cat who came before me used to poo in the box and then bat it out and play with it. That’s why they got boxes with hoods.

Sparkle, we don’t have those issues BUT a friend of ours (the one who recently was bereaved 2 of his kitties within an hour of each other 🙁 He has a lovely cat boy called Prydwen (Priddy for short) and Priddy likes peeing on LOTS of things. Our friend thinks it is psychological and Priddy is highy strung. Priddy is still one of his wonderful boys, one of the cats he loves – so he puts up with it.

Wellâ€¦.. ! I have never had a cat that pees indiscriminately, but one or two mancats would spray before they were â€œseen toâ€. Tigger does spray on bushes outside, but he isnâ€™t resident, so is just having his say!! Austin is pretty good. Always either does it outside (preferable), or in the litter box. However, he does have aiming issues from time to time!!

Mom is very happy that both of us are really good about the box. The Cat Who Came Before, Mina, had problems her whole life. She had cystitis and was always on the special food, but still chose to often not use the box.

Wez is purty good to use our boxes. Sissy gets a little carried away slingin litter and her small poo!

Our beloved Tabitha pooed in her wire carrier on da way back from the vet one time. The human sez Tabitha was so embarrassed. She had anal glands removed and couldn’t help dat she pooed.

The not-so-nice Peaches sprayed da wall behind her litter box when the human was doing serious cleaning and furniture movin one time. The human sez Peaches was just tellin her to back off! She nefer did spray again.

We’re never had litter box issues either until Merlin developed kidney disease. Our solution adding more boxes and puppy pads outside the box. It’s working most of the time. That book’s been on my radar and yay, made the NY Times list!

Three out of 4 of our kitties are very reliable. But Hitch has some issues. He was a stray that was almost hit by my brothers truck and staying indoors has been an issue. He’s been doing better, but you never know when he’ll make a break for it. Anyway he sometimes uses a puppy pad next to the litter box. I don’t know why. He was also going behind the downstairs toilet. It was driving me crazy. I tried all the usual things, even putting a small litter box there. (which was never used). Then one night I was out back with the dog and saw a cat run from the area under the bathroom window…the window over the toilet. The next day I cleaned that outside area really well with Fizzion. So far, no new pees from Hitch. Hopefully he was just telling Mr. Strange Cat to get lost.

ugh! So very jealous of all of you! My Sophie, aka Queen of the House, will poop in front of my bedroom door if the box is not clean enough for her! Even though I scoop it out regularly, with 4 kids, I sometimes forget and then she reminds me! grrrrr

We’re pretty good and have never peed where we shouldn’t, although a friend got sprayed by one of her cats. I think the worst we’ve done is pee in the kicked out litter that Dad was not cleaning up as efficiently as he should have been. Looked as good as the litter box to us (it was my sister, not me). We might not cover all the time, but at least it makes it in the box.

Oh my, I can contribute here… I have 5 cats and a revolving door of fosters. My oldest SeaBass (technically it’s Sebastian) has always had issues with the litterbox which got worse with age and diabetes.

I am in the midst of ripping out every bit of carpet in the house (what was I thinking) and replacing it with waterproof vinyl plank.

Thus far, SeaBass bill:
$1500 replacing the AC ducts he decided made great litterboxes
$4500 ripping out carpet over a concrete slab, having the concrete professionally cleaned (it’s porous!), sealed with BIN, and vinyl plank installed. Oh, and replaced the baseboards with that too

Tack on another $4500 for what I have to tackle in the rest of the house.

Let’s also add to that- one guitar amplifier soaked (it still works and I cleaned it up pretty good. Long gig or rehearsal and it starts cookin’ a bit), one entertainment center console thing destroyed, an easel, a cat tree (good job buddy, your siblings loved that one).

I tried confining him to one room but that didn’t work so well. He cried for days. The things we do for our creatures. He’s 13 so may have another year, may have another 10, so catproofing the joint is the way to go. Plus who knows when someone else will decide to follow suit (as I stare at Bela checking out one of SeaBass’ favorite spots). If I had no conscience, he would be long gone, but despite the financial heartache and embarrassment he;s caused, he’s a great cat. I love him.

Well, you know. Pee Queen. She will not pee in a box. My mom is pretty sure this is due to dog trauma when she was quite young. Even though it’s been years now and we do not have a dog, Pee cannot break the association of being attacked in the box while peeing.

She used to just pee on one rubber mat but after we moved she peed there AND at the top of the stairs on the carpet. So now there’s two rubber mats for her.

My boys are very good with litter box. They never peed outside the box. I’ve found poo on the floor but I think they left the litter box before it dropped inside the box or they couldn’t make it. Three kitties I had long time ago had no problem, either.

Hannah always pees in litter boxes but Lucy prefers to go outside – I have a sand latrene in the garden which all my cats have used except Hannah – it is below her dignity to bare her bottom outside where the gutter press may be lurking for pictures. Today Lucy has had to make an exception and use a litter box as it is still raining (over 24 hours now) and she doesn’t fancy standing (or sinking in wet sand up to her paw pits) and drowning while peeing!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

Our mum considers herself pretty lucky. The three of us are very reliable. Fui did a territorial wee once when a foster cat got into the bedroom, but that was the human’s fault. He had one accident when he was sick last year. Even the kittens we’ve had have been very quick learners.

Our dad was looking after his workmate’s kitty Pusscat about 6 weeks ago (she looks like Binga’s twin!) and she peed on her mum and dad’s wedding photo while they were away! Apparently it’s the only time she’s ever peed outside the box! Now that’s a targeted attack, I think.
-Suey.

We are both good too and never pee where we shouldn’t. We prefer to go outdoors and the greenhouse is our favourite place. Mum has to scoop it far more than our litter boxes. We have one litterbox indoors for emergency but usually only use it if it is pouring with rain. When Flynn was young he once forgot himself and stood up in the litterbox. and peed against the wall like he does outdoors against the trees. Mum gently pushed his butt down and said no and he never forgot again. Mum said she has never had cats who pee where they shouldn’t so she has been lucky too.